Beanworld's Larry Marder @ LA Times Festival of Books: Saturday, April 24!

I'll be doing a signing with Comic Book Legal Defense Fund at
LA TIMES FESTIVAL of BOOKS

Saturday, April 24th ONLY
2-5 pm

Zone G -Booth # 754

Dark Horse Beanworld Hardcover Books!
Beanworld Orphan Drawings ready for adoption!
Cute Collectible Beanworld Cards!
Sketches!

FREE Beanworld Action Figures!
(and other stuff I can't think of at the moment!)

All proceeds of sold books, memberships and donations
go directly to supporting the work of the Comic Book Legal Defense Fund.

Crazy Trade-Ins @ Wondercon & C2E2!

So once again, I ask myself: am I crazy to do this?

Nope.

Beanworld fans of all ages spent a lot of time plotting and planning their drawings to trade with me. Everyone really knocked 'em out of the proverbial park!

The drawings I traded with Beanworld fan artists were just thoroughly Wahoolazuma!
You can read about them in the Leguminous Fan Art Gallery starting here.

Also you can see pics of the Beanworld connoisseurs who made the trade starting here.

I might have kerfluffled some of the names and spellings--if I did write me at
larrymarder[at]gmail.com and I'll make the correx pronto.

Am I going to continue the trade-ins?
Yep.

So far it has been a thoroughly manageable program and a lot of fun.

So it is a go for TCAF and SD10!

Will I make trades through the mail?
Sorry, no can do.
I just don't have the time to manage anything like that.

C2E2: We gonna pitch us a wang-dang doodle!

Today C2E2 begins.

This is the song rattling through my head.

Willie Dixon song performed by Howlin'Wolf.

Totally Chicago.

Let's show these East and West Coast folks how Chicago really rocks!

C2E2

Dark Horse!

Trade!

Don't forget!

C2E2: Hey, CHICAGOLAND! Trade In One Of YOURS For One of MINE!

I might be CRAZY
but sketches
like this and this and this
will get YOU one one of these!

Held over for the time being...here is the deal!

Come by my table in Artist's Alley (D10) at C2E2
and trade-in one of your homemade Beanworld drawings
for a genuine Marder-drawn, signed original sketch of the same character!

Offer open to kids of all ages!

THE DETAILS:
Only one trade-in per person allowed.
If your drawing contains more than one character,
you must decide which single character you'd like as your trade-in sketch.
After the drawing exchange yuu agree
that I can post your sketch in theLeguminous Fan Art Gallery.
And it would be nice if I could get a snapshot of you and your art too!

My apologies to the artist featured above.
The trade was made at WonderCon and
I still haven't posted the drawings and names from WC yet.
That stuff is in California and I'm in Chicago.

C2E2: Don't Forget!

C2E2: Dark Horse Signing Friday!

SIGN & DRAW!
Friday, April 13
3-4 pm
DARK HORSE booth #458

Collectible FREE sketches on TFAW cards.

Folks have been asking about what other programming I might be doing.
Although I lobbied for some and so did others on my behalf--Beanworld came up empty.
(No Sprout -Butt today!)

I don't think the New York-centric programming board
really quite understood what Beanworld is and
that Chicago is THE Beanworld town in so many, many ways.
(C'est la guerre!)

On a more up-beat note:
I WILL be presenting the new and improved
"The Leguminous History of Larry Marder & the Beanworld!"
at TCAF for those of you that will be attending that con.

And San Diego too, I'm sure.

As far as Chicago goes...oh, well...maybe next time!

Chicago: C2E2!

Don't forget: I'll be appearing at C2E2 this weekend--April 16-18.
Artists Alley: D10

I'm not even sure when Beanworld last set up at a convention in its hometown:
1997 or '98 I think.

Long time.

So long ago, that perhaps the only
FREE Beanworld Action Figures in the line up
were the Beans on the top top tier.

It's Weird! It's Cute! It's...Plush?

Your eyes do not deceive you!
That is indeed lovable, squeezable hand-crafted
"Brite Eyes" PLUSH Beanworld Action Figure.

Should be able to have some in time for SD10.

More details as they develop.

Ask me about them at C2E2...I'll be in Artist's Alley (D10)

WONDERCON!

Not a hoax!
Not a dream!
Not even an April Fool's Day Joke!
But maybe I am a wee bit crazy!

Held over for the time being...here is the deal!

Come by my table on Artist's Alley (AA 103) at WonderCon
and trade-in one of your homemade Beanworld drawings
for a genuine Marder-drawn, signed original sketch of the same character!

Offer open to kids of all ages!

THE DETAILS:
Only one trade-in per person allowed.
If your drawing contains more than one character,
you must decide which single character you'd like as your trade-in sketch.

After the drawing exchange I can post your sketch in the
Leguminous Fan Art Gallery.
And it would be nice if I could get a snapshot of you and your art too.

In addition to FREE Beanworld Action Figures,
I'll have hardcovers, comics, ashcans, and art for sale.

On Sunday from 12:00 - 1:00 only....
I'll be signing and drawing TFAW cards at the Dark Horse booth.

And whatever you do--don't forget: